If Israel’s complex relationship with the US Jewry wasn’t troubled enough, the African refugee issue has become another cause for a fight.
More and more American Jews from the liberal side of the political More...

By Omri Milman, Calcalist
Wealthy new olim will no longer be receiving the Absorption Basket new immigrants to Israel customarily get, according to a proposal by the Finance Ministry.
The proposal is part of a More...

The White House said overnight Wednesday it was “very concerned” about the escalation of violence at the Temple Mount resulting from Israel’s decision to install metal detectors at its entrances in More...

By Yizhar Hess
We made a mistake. We believed the government, we believed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we believed that we must finally stop this quarrel between us over the Western Wall, and we accepted More...

THANK GOD for Oren Hazan.
Without him, this would have been an exceedingly dull visit.
Israel’s cabinet ministers were lined up in the blazing sun at the foot of the airplane stairs for the official reception More...

Two different events are taking place these days in the State of Israel: The first event is the launch of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC). Actually, two new corporations. The second is More...

Despite major efforts on the part of Israeli PM Binyamin Netanuahu to encourage French Jewish immigration (Aliyah) to Israel, the number of Jews moving to the country from France dropped by 42 percent so far More...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has until December 13 to appoint ministers for the three ministries under his control before the High Court of Justice (HCJ) will have to intervene.
In addition to being prime More...

Opposition Leader MK Isaac Herzog and MK Tzipi Livni, the two leading figures in the Zionist Union party, have decided to turn the annual rally commemorating the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 More...

Is there anyone—in the political system, in the media, in the public, somewhere—who understands what the prime minister wants? Is there anyone who can explain the loop Benjamin Netanyahu has gotten himself More...